Senate Quotes - Page 32

• The country is facing a fiscal crisis, and the United States Senate is at the center of the debate about how to bring federal spending under control.

  Jeff Flake

  Country, United States, Debate

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• Making recess appointments when the Senate isn't in recess is neither rational nor moderate. It's a raw misuse of executive power by a president whose love of government is his most vulnerable spot with the electorate.

  John Podhoretz

  Government, President, Executive Power

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• You should see what our Founding Fathers used to say to each other and in the early part of our nation. But what they were able to do, especially in Philadelphia in 1787, four months, they argued about what a House should be, what a Senate should be, the power of the president, the Congress, the Supreme Court. And they had to deal with slavery.

  Colin Powell

  Father, Philadelphia, House

  "Colin Powell reflects on endorsing Obama in 2008". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. May 22, 2012.

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• Joe McCarthy and his Senate hearings were like witch-hunts.

  Desi Arnaz

  Hearing, Witch, Joe Mccarthy

  Desi Arnaz (1994). “A Book”

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• The thing is, if you control the Senate meetings, you control the gavel. And the gavel is a very important instrument... an instrument of power. An instrument that establishes the agenda.

  Dan Quayle

  Political, Important, Agendas

  Appalachian Journal, Volume 16, 1988.

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• All of us who serve in the House of Representatives and the Senate pay into Social Security.

  Virgil Goode

  House, Pay, Social

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• When my mom ran for the Senate, my dad was there for her every step of the way. I can still hear her saying in her beautiful voice, 'Why should women have any less say than men, about the great decisions facing our nation?'

  Mitt Romney

  Beautiful, Mom, Dad

  "Election Guide: Romney Rhetoric". Interview with Jason Williams, www.cityweekly.net. October 31, 2012.

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• The reason why I'm here today is to explain why I am running and what I will do if you give me the honor and the privilege of representing you in the United States Senate. Now I'm running for the United State Senate for a simple reason, and that is...I want to win a Nobel Peace prize.

  Marco Rubio

  Running, Winning, Simple

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• After all, the U.S. Senate already has one Arlen Specter too many.

  Marco Rubio

  Speech at the Conservative Political Action Committee conference at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, voices.washingtonpost.com. February 18, 2010.

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